Opportunity Details

#Give2023 – The Swavalamban model, emphasizing self-reliance, aims to ensure continuity and sustainability within Vatika community ecosystems, spanning 1-2 villages with around 1200-1500 rural families, led by women producers. To achieve this, the concept of a Happiness Café is introduced - a communal space fostering collectives and communities. This Café serves as the office for forming and nurturing collectives, enabling growth from individual to collective. It supports women's empowerment through Swavlamban Samiti(committee), promoting their livelihood, micro-enterprises, and holistic growth. The Happiness Café's five pillars include soulful meals, interdependent learning, abundant resource sharing, wellness circles, and storytelling. Partnerships between urban and rural Cafés and collective networking enhance resources and energy flow. By connecting individuals, celebrating local culture, and promoting sharing, the Happiness Café strengthens the sustainability of Vaibhavi collectives and Swavlamban Samitis in Vatika communities.

Required infrastructure includes audio-visual centers, marketplaces, and discussion rooms. This is where we could use financial help. And a typical set up of “Rural Happiness café” would be about $ 10K

Geographic Reach/Impact: : Drishtee is located in multiple states in India, Florida in US, and Nagano in Japan. Our reach is across multiple (More than 10) states in India with about 6000 villages , Florida in US and looking to reach across multiple states in US . Please check out https://www.drishtee.in

Funding Required - YES -
Set up and running expense of 1 Happiness Café in a Vatika
1. Fixed expense per centre (including Audio Visual equipment, furniture and fixture). - $10,000
2. Variable expense for 1 year including capacity building, training and handholding to the SWSM and Vaibhavi collectives. - $ 24,000
3. Variable expense of initiating, managing and transferring (to local community) of 10 HCs - $ 16,000
Total Expense Budget (in USD) for 1 Year per HC - $ 50,000

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	no limit	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

#Give2023 - Ekyam online platform is a global community of collectives. Each one of us has something in abundance to share which can be a skill, resource, story, idea or just your time. Even you can form one - give a name to your collective, add members, interest areas and location.
Given our organization's focus on social initiatives rather than technology, leveraging Microsoft's expertise to enhance our Ekyam.org website is a seamless solution. Ekyam's purpose revolves around empowering collectives, and Microsoft's involvement promises swift and effective improvements. By aligning the website with Microsoft's interactive tools and user-friendly interfaces, we can create a more engaging and productive platform for our registered collectives. This collaboration allows us to harness technology's potential without diverting our energies from our core mission, ultimately fostering better connectivity, resource sharing, and impact within the communities we serve.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	3	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

#Give2023 - The world is designed to be happy. Core human values like care, compassion, love and friendliness, thrive in a community. As every good action starts with good food, ‘Happiness Cafe’, is a social action space that enables a journey from individual to collective. Being a part of a community of like-minded people ‘to contribute’, is a deep need that can give meaning to our life. Each cafe is uniquely rooted in the local spirit of people and place, promoting local culture and holistic wellbeing. It’s a physical meeting place for collectives, by collectives - to connect, care, act and celebrate. The Happiness Café's five pillars include soulful meals, interdependent learning, abundant resource sharing, wellness circles, and storytelling.

It’s about designing happy and sustainable solutions through collective engagement and taking responsibility of collective action. The Cafe space along with our online platform (Ekyam.org), also empowers collectives to take local action by connecting with diverse global collectives working for a happier world and organizing regular workshops, events and challenges. Its sharing what you have in abundance with others/collectives who have the need for the same. It could be as simple as an employee sharing MS office skills virtually with a women collective in India that needs a tutorial on the same or sharing used laptop with a rural woman entrepreneur who has the need for it. It could also be like.. sharing toys with a local underprivileged children’s home or teaching how to use smart phone to elderly at an assisted living.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Session 1 - Non-Facilitated or Hybrid (5 participant min/any participant max)	15	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Join the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA), Flip and TEALS to learn how you can help students explore tech careers. During this Give Month event you will find out how these three organizations are empowering CS teachers and you will learn how to use Flip to create a brief video explaining your role. These videos will be compiled and shared by CSTA during CS Ed Week 2023. #Give2023

Join virtually at the scheduled meeting time by following this Teams meeting link:

https://aka.ms/CSTA-Give-Event

Representatives from CSTA, Flip (Jornea Armant – jornea@flipgrid.com) and TEALS (Keisha Jackson Lakeisha.Jackson@microsoft.com) will facilitate this presentation.

Opportunity Details

Fundraising Coordinator supports our fundraising goals and overall events by planning and executing scheduled opportunities throughout the year. The fundraising coordinator would work directly with the CEO, board, and the volunteers.

Opportunity Details

Come volunteer at one of the Habitat for the Humanity Stores in King County. Locations include Bellevue, Southcenter, and Auburn. Volunteers have many roles to fill – from providing helpful customer service to creating DIY projects and displays, to painting store signs and organizing stock. No experience needed!

Stores are open Monday through Saturday, with two four-hour shifts available (10:15 a.m. - 2 p.m.) and afternoon (2 -6 p.m.). Opportunities are open to volunteers 14 and older and anyone under 18 must be accompanied by an adult (21+).

Our Habitat for Humanity Stores are the “green” way to shop. Our store locations are open to the public and offer great deals on new and gently used furniture, appliances, lighting, building supplies, home décor, and so much more! Every purchase supports Habitat for Humanity’s affordable housing and repair projects right here in our community. In 2023, over 3,165 tons of materials were diverted from landfills as 12,351 donations were provided to Habitat and 453,000 items were sold at our stores.

If you'd like to schedule a Microsoft group volunteer activity, please contact Habitat for Humanity directly. Contact information provided below.

#GIVE2024

Opportunity Details

We are excited to host the sixth annual Cookies & Cocktails on Thursday, September 14 at 5:30 p.m. at Panther Creek Country Club. This unique event features a creative culinary competition where talented local chefs create a variety of delectable desserts incorporating our very own Girl Scout cookies!

All attendees will have the pleasure of tasting these amazing desserts and local celebrity judges will select their favorites for the People’s Choice and Judges’ Choice Awards. In addition to the sweets, this delightful evening includes savories, a signature cocktail, silent auction, raffle and opportunities to win other prizes!

Thursday, September 14, 2023
Panther Creek Country Club, Springfield
Doors open at 5:30 p.m.

Funds raised through the event will support local Girl Scout programs that teach essential life skills in STEM, financial literacy, civic engagement/advocacy, health/wellness, and the arts. With over 13,000 members and 4,000 volunteers in our region, your generous support is essential in helping us provide and expand these programs that cultivate girls’ inherent leadership potential, confidence, and character to shape the future.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Afternoon	no limit	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Girl Scouts of Central Illinois proudly presents its sweet 16th Diamonds & Desserts, its signature event to raise awareness and funds in the greater Decatur area, at the Country Club of Decatur on Thursday, September 21, 2023. We are so fortunate to gather again around our lucky Flora Gems Sweet Surprise Wall, delicious cookie-inspired desserts competition among local chefs, sincere recognition of our honorees, and more!

This year we will recognize Decatur Memorial Hospital Pres./CEO Drew Early and HSHS St. Mary's Hospital CEO Theresa Rutherford as our respective Diamond Honorees. Funds raised through the event will support local Girl Scout programs that teach essential life skills in STEM, financial literacy, civic engagement/advocacy, health/wellness, and the arts.

Thursday, September 8, 2022
Country Club of Decatur
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Afternoon	no limit	n/a	n/a
Evening	no limit	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

NPower is currently seeking volunteers to assist with the Fall 2023 Mock Interview Event which is taking place on Monday, Oct. 23 from 10 am - 3pm at the Alamo Area Council of Governments. Mock Interviews will take place in the morning followed by lunch and an employer panel. Please sign up here: https://airtable.com/appfCbGrN21UZyYYV/shrkJnRzS0lLRVfB8

What/Who is NPower?
NPower is a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering veterans, veteran spouses, and young adults from underserved communities with the tech skills, mentorship, and support needed to excel in the digital economy. Our Tech Fundamentals Program equips participants with a strong foundation in technology, preparing them for rewarding careers in the tech industry. NPower launched in San Antonio earlier this year, thanks to the help of USAA.

Purpose of the Event
This event is to help our trainees sharpen their interview skills and help coach them through the interview process. Many of our trainees have never had a professional interview or may have only had military interviews while serving. We want to help prepare them to be successful when the land those interviews as they prepare to jump into the tech industry.

What type of Volunteers are we seeking?
We'd love to have anyone with a hiring, recruiting or human resource background. In addition, if you are an Employer looking to hire, we'd love to have you participate as well. We will provide you with 10 top general interview questions for you to ask, and you will have the opportunity to give direct feedback as well as written feedback.

If you'd like to volunteer, you can click here to RSVP

A light breakfast, coffee, drinks and lunch will be provided.

If you have any questions or would like more information, please feel free to reach out to Jose Muniz.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Mock Interviewer	50	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Alliance for Positive Change operates a small clothing room for our participants to access daily. We serve low-income New Yorkers with HIV and other chronic conditions, many of whom are homeless/unhoused, cannot afford to purchase clothes, and/or entering the workforce for the first time in years and need of office-wear clothes.

We accept clean, gently used (no holes or stains), and/or new clothing for adult men and women (all sizes); jeans and dress pants; sneakers and boots; dress shirts; winter coats/overcoats; basic t-shirts; gloves and scarves; and sweatshirts/sweatpants; hoodies; business casual wear.